IPL Auction 2021: Chris Morris became the most expensive cricketer in the IPL history

The IPL 2021 auction is seeing eight franchises aggressively bidding for nearly 300 players will be conducted in Chennai. Some interesting bidding wars is being seen for players that have a higher base price. South African Chrish morris became the most expensive cricketer in the IPL history as Rajsthan Royal bought him for  Rs 16.25 crore’

Bangladesh All-rounder Shakib Al Hasan bought by KKR for Rs 3.2 crore. This time also Glenn Maxwell sold in a huge price, The Australian all-rounder was bought by RCB for Rs 14.25 crore. Earlier, Steve Smith sold to Delhi Capitals for 2.2 crores. Aaron Finch up next, base price Rs 1 crore, goes unsold. Hanuma Vihari also goes unsold.

There are 292 players up for auction. According to the official statement by the IPL, 1114 players had registered with them for the 2021 auction. However, the final list sees just 292 cricketers. The highest reserve price in this auction has been fixed at Rs 2 crore. Only two Indians are in that elite club. Kedar Jadhav and Harbhajan Singh have a base price of Rs 2 crore each.